Economic Freedom Fighters’ Eugene Mthethwa Slammed for Disturbing Trompies Member’s Funeral

• The Economic Freedom Fighters Member of Parliament and Trompies member Eugene Mthethwa came under fire
• This was after he posted a video of himself disrupting the funeral of former Trompies member Emmanuel 'Mjokes' Matsane
• South Africans roasted him for disrupting the funeral and criticised him for his conduct which many found unacceptable

Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News current affairs journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, has covered policy changes, the State of the Nation Address, politician-related news and elections at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News for over seven years. Do you have a hard news story you would like to share? Email tebogo.mokwena@briefly.co.za with CA in the subject line.

JOHANNESBURG – Trompies member and the Economic Freedom Fighters' Member of Parliament Eugene Mthethwa came under fire for something he did three years ago at the funeral of a former Trompies member.

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Eugene Mthethwa posts video of funeral

Mthethwa posted a video of Emmanuel 'Mjokes' Matsane's funeral service in 2021. The video he posted on his X account, @EugeneMt, shared how he disrupted the funeral service.

Mthethwa, who joined the EFF in 2023, stood up and walked towards the stage as one of the guests was about to speak. He started singing one of Trompies's hit songs, Sweety Lavo, and those in attendance sang along. He posted a caption that criticised the African National Congress's secretary general, Fikile Mbalula, and the ANC's Gauteng branch.

“Yes, I disrupted it in protest against former MEC Mbali Hlophe! History has no blank pages. Let our tragic past live to haunt you @GautengANC (and)@MbalulaFikile. Let all the pain and suffering of artists be a constant reminder of your betrayal to the struggle of the struggle heroes of yesteryear, abo tat' OR Tambo, tat' Madiba, Mama Winnie Madikizela Mandela, Solomon Mahlangu, Peter Mokaba, Chris Hani and many others who died to free all black people. Yet, you turned it to liberate your circle of friends and families. Let 29th May 2024 herald our economic freedom in our lifetime.”

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South Africans call Mthethwa out

Netizens were far from impressed by what Mthethwa did.

Thandeka said:

“Everyone knows that you did it for political opportunism.”

Franklin Hlabane said:

“After your employment with the Zuma agency failed, you became arrogant.”

Put South Africans First said:

“Fact remains, you are not going back to Parliament.”

Uncle Sammy said:

“Your arrogance is nauseating. Why didn’t you and the equally arrogant artists organise his funeral where only those who knew him would be allowed to speak?”

Vuyokazi Booi said:

“Respect is something lacking within the EFF.”

Eugene Mthethwa thankful that his son survived an accident

In another article, Briefly News reported that Eugene Mthethwa's son got involved in an accident.

He allegedly cracked his skull after falling off a moving bakkie. Mthethwa confirmed that his son was recovering. He was also relieved that his son was getting better.

Source: Briefly News